TCP/IP 通訊協定

Kahn 和 Cerf 開始研究一套通用的通訊協定，
使得各區域的網路與網路之間，能夠溝通。
In 1973, 30 institutions are connected
to the ARPANET. The network users range from industrial installations
and consulting firms like BBN, Xerox PARC and the MITRE Corporation, to
government sites like NASA's Ames Research Laboratories, the National
Bureau of Standards, and Air Force research facilities.
Bob Kahn moves from BBN to DARPA to work for Larry
Roberts, and his first self-assigned task is the
interconnection of the ARPANET with other networks. He enlists
Vint Cerf, who has been teaching at Stanford. The
problem is that ARPANET, radio-based PRnet, and
SATNET all have different interfaces, packet sizes, labeling,
conventions and transmission rates. Linking them together is
very difficult.

1984, The newly developed DNS is introduced across the Internet,
with the now familiar domains of .gov, .mil, .edu, .org, .net, and .com
Most important for the Internet, NSF issues a request for
proposals to establish supercomputer centers that will
provide access to the entire U.S. research community, regardless
of discipline and location. A new division of Advanced Scientific
Computing is created with a budget of $200 million over five years.